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kaccāna

masc voc sg of kaccāna (noun)

1. family name; lit. descendant of Kati

Built from

• kacca — stem · name stem
  The origin of 'Kacca' is uncertain; possibly a family, personal, or tribal designation in Middle Indo-Aryan.
• -āna — ending · patronymic suffix
  Forms patronymic and clan names; cognate with Sanskrit -āṇa. Turns a personal or family name into a relational form (e.g. Mahākaccāna 'one belonging to the Kacca line').

Etymology. From kaccāna as a patronymic: kacca- (a name or epithet, possibly from kaccā 'armpit' or an old tribal term) + -āna (suffix forming patronymics and clan names, as in Gotama, Bhāradvāja). The name appears in the canon as Mahākaccāna (the Great Kaccāna), a foremost disciple renowned for expounding the Dharma.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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